Swimming Ideas Podast

SIP 102: Consistent Dedication to the Mundane

Consistent dedication to the mundane like streamline Everyone has excellent streamline habit (all the time without thought). That to NOT do a streamline would make the s

SIP 101: Routine for Developmental Swimming

Establishing your habits, your consistency, and defining the framework that will lead to better swimmers faster. Why routine is important: SIP 052: Swimming is a habit (

SIP 100: A plan, a formula, a guide

This can be that guide for you. But… you need to know where you're going. What are you going to have as your plan? What is your formula for success going to be? How wil

SIP 099: Preparing for Developmental Season

Document how to run an effective Developmental swim lesson program. What elements do you absolutely need to be effective? - A plan, formula, or guide - Routine -

SIP 098: Create Challenges and Games for Swim Lessons

How to come up with a game or a challenge. - Think of a core skill. - Put a roadblock into teaching that skill or performing it well ○ Examples - Evaluate whether i

SIP 097: Training Swim Instructors in person

Today we look at the lesson coordinator handbook for finding an effective instruction segment on training swim instructors in person. We will do a brief overview of what'

SIP 096: Finding Motivation after a Summer burn

With all of summers insane madness Are you ready to push through into fall and winter programming? That's right with all the rush, activity, intensity, and pure energy th

SIP 095: Repeatable Parent Tot Lesson Plan

Why we have a single sheet for repeating parent tot classes. What we used to do: - Follow the lesson plans based on day. - Challenges ○ People missed classes

SIP 094: Lesson Plans & Swim Instructor Struggles

We review the swim lessons plans found at www.swimminglessonsideas.com and see how our swim instructors use them including their success and struggles.

SIP 093: Three weeks with COVID-19 group swimming lessons

What has it been like? What is our procedure? How do we teach? Challenges: Getting swimmers moving. Handling difficult swimmers. Coaching and commands. Resilience o

SIP 092: Are you comfortable teaching?

What should you do if you are comfortable? What should you do it if you're not comfortable? Covid-19 and the coronavirus pandemic is real. We just saw this week that the

SIP 091: Swimming Ideas' Levels

Find out what Swimming Ideas Level structure is and why we use it. Learn the nuances of each level and the progression of skills that takes a 3 year old who doesn't like

SIP 090: Teaching Swimming, Method and Delivery

Today is all about the online course, Teaching Swimming, that comes with the companion PDF of the physical book available on Amazon. This training course covers the cruc

SIP 089: Safe children that LOVE swimming with Julia Johnson

Teach better Parent Tot, Parent and Infant classes with Julia Johnson. Show notes here: https://www.swimminglessonsideas.com/blog/sip-089-safe-children-that-love-swimmin

SIP 088: Teaching Breaststroke Kick to Beginners

Breaststroke kick is difficult to do. It is an unnatural motion for many swimmers. There will always be that small subsect of people that have learned how to do it on the

SIP 087: "How can I improve?"

I feel like one of the best ways to improve my coaching and teaching is to ask myself, "how can I improve?" We tell our swimmers to self-evaluate during their swimming.

SIP 086: Training Summer Swim Lesson Managers

What are the essential skills you should be teaching your lesson managers? You can find information at https://www.swimminglessonsideas.com/resources/ Under the Level D

SIP 084: Why "Challenges" have replaced games.

Intro: What are Challenges? Why have they replaced games? Quicker Individual based apply to broad ability levels tailored for groups sideways learning they are g

SIP 085: Finding Deliberate Practice Opportunities at Swim Lessons and Practices

What can you do at your swim practice and swim lessons to promote Deliberate Practice, and how does mediation teach you to be a better swimmer. What is deliberate practi

SIP 083: Writing swim practices during Covid-19

We're running our swimming during covid in a small 4 lane indoor pool. Fans Open doors 7 at a time 2 in each lane on opposite       ends. 1 in the ada staircase l